Andhra Pradesh CM meets Amit Shah

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy met Union Home Minister Amit Shah to discuss issues related to the state.

New Delhi:Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy met Union Home Minister Amit Shah at the latter's residence and held discussions for over one and a half hours.

During the discussion, the Chief Minister said Andhra Pradesh is committed to the concept of balanced regional development and decentralization of governance and hence planning to decentralize capital functions at three locations with Executive Capital at Visakhapatnam, Legislative Capital at Amaravati and Judicial Capital at Kurnool.

In this regard the Government of Andhra Pradesh has promulgated, "Andhra Pradesh Decentralization and Inclusive Development of All-Region Act, 2020” in the month of August 2020, he said. The Chief Minister has requested the Union Home Minister to direct the concerned authorities to initiate the process of re-notification of locating the High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Kurnool and also brought it to his notice that the proposal was also part of BJP's official manifesto for 2019 state elections.

Home Minister's office tweets on the meeting

The Chief Minister said Andhra Pradesh has been faced with many challenges due to the poor financial situation and in order to make the State systemically stronger and “Atmanirbhar” (self-reliant), it is imperative that Andhra Pradesh is accorded Special Category Status and added that the approval of Special Status would entitle Andhra Pradesh for more Central grants resulting in a proportional reduction of the financial burden on the bifurcated state, creation of jobs on the back of new industries, and attainment of fiscal self-reliance due to the enhanced tax base.

Chief Minister Reddy had asked for sanction of 13 medical colleges and financial assistance to them. He said an amount of Rs 3,299 crore related to a subsidy for PDS rice has to be released by the Ministry of Food & Civil Supplies for the state of Andhra Pradesh.